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Quick Heal soars 36% in 6 days after Sequoia Capital offloads entire stake

Since April, the stock price of Quick Heal has more-than-doubled or zoomed 140 per cent.

Bengaluru police get over 15,000 SIM cards used by fraudsters blocked

The city police have identified and blocked in the last three weeks more than 15,000 SIM cards used by fraudsters to cheat residents of Bengaluru, in a bid to curb cybercrime. The police action came after a surge in cases of cybercrime registered across its city limits, they said on Saturday. According to the police, a special drive was started on August 16 with an aim to check incidents of cybercrime in the city. As part of the initiative, the police have managed to identify and get blocked 15,378 SIM cards from August 16 to September 7. Most of these SIM cards were found to be operational in northern India and were used by fraudsters to cheat residents of Bengaluru through various fraudulent modus operandi. "Since January this year, there has been a surge in cases related to cybercrimes and we received a lot of complaints where the victims shared contact numbers through which they were approached by fraudsters with various schemes and were ultimately duped by them. So, we identif

Google Cloud partners with CERT-In to train govt officials in cybersecurity

The initiative includes training a 'cyber force' of 1,000 government officials in cyber defence best practices.

Google Cloud partners with CERT-In to train govt officials in cybersecurity

Google Cloud on Thursday announced its partnership with the government's computer emergency response unit CERT-In to train 1,000 government officials and provide 1 lakh cybersecurity certificate scholarships to learners. CERT-In is part of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), which deals with cybersecurity threats, hacking and other cyber related issues. The 'cyber force' of government officials will be trained in cyber defence best practices, including use of generative AI, and conducting cybersecurity AI hackathons led by Google Cloud and Mandiant experts, the American technology giant said in a statement. CERT-In Director General Sanjay Bahl said, "Cybersecurity is the cornerstone of our digital future, and harnessing the power of generative AI will help to stay ahead in this ever-evolving landscape. The collaboration will ameliorate and crank up the generation of skilled manpower in the area of cybersecurity and generative AI in our country." Google .

Exploring govt partnerships in generative AI space: Google Cloud India MD

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Technical issue with UK's air traffic control to cause chaos for days

The UK government on Tuesday said that though the air traffic control technical issue that led to the severe disruption of hundreds of flights and left thousands of passengers stranded has been resolved, routes will continue to be affected as airlines scramble to recover from the domino effect on their schedules. However, Transport Secretary Mark Harper stressed that the air traffic control outage behind the chaos on Monday was not caused by a cybersecurity incident. UK Transport Secretary Mark Harper said that while the technical issue has been resolved, flights will continue to be affected as airlines scramble to recover from the domino effect on their schedules and accommodate stranded passengers on alternate flights. As the spectre of a hacking attempt was raised across social media, the minister also dismissed that as a factor behind one of the worst air system failures seen in the country in at least a decade. "Something on this scale hasn't happened for almost a decade ...

Nearly 1.1 billion cyberattacks blocked worldwide in Q2FY24: Report

Cyberattacks on Indian websites in Q2 increased 90 per cent compared to Q1, according to the survey by Indusface

Privacy and penalty: Managing business with new data protection law

Stringent legal obligation to prevent breaches has companies reviewing their security practices

MoS IT holds meeting with delegations from Bangladesh, S Korea, France

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar held bilateral meetings with ministerial delegations and senior representatives from Bangladesh, South Korea, France and Trkiye, according to an official release. During meetings, a range of potential areas of collaboration such as Digital Public Infrastructures, India Stack, Artificial Intelligence, skilling and cybersecurity were explored. "...Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar held bilateral meetings with the ministerial delegations and other senior representatives from Bangladesh, South Korea, France and Trkiye at the fourth meeting of G20 Digital Economy Working Group," the release said. Chandrasekhar met and interacted with Zunaid Ahmed Palak, State Minister for ICT, Bangladesh, and had a discussion focused on potential collaborations around India Stack, cybersecurity and skilling. During the meeting, Chandrasekhar said the partnership between India and Bangladesh will .

Cabinet approves Rs 14,903 cr for AI, cybersecurity, digital skilling

The government previously revealed plans to construct three Centres of Excellence (CoE) for the advancement of AI research and innovation in India

Indian organisations' cost of data breach at record high: Report

Cost of detecting and fixing cyberattacks has increased 45% sine 2020, it says

AIIMS-Delhi adopts 'Sandes' messaging app for internal communication

The AIIMS-Delhi has introduced 'Sandes', a messaging app for all staff members to communicate among themselves at the premier medical institute to streamline the healthcare work. The move is aimed at enhancing collaboration and streamline communication within our esteemed organisation, AIIMS Delhi Director Dr M Srinivas said. Developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), Sandes, is a secure and user-friendly messaging platform designed to provide a reliable and efficient means of communication among various government organisations, Srinivas said. Another AIIMS official, Dr Rima Dada, said the app will primarily be used for internal communication at AIIMS, particularly for the exchange of patient care records between doctors and departments. "By adopting Sandes as our internal messaging application, we strive to achieve better connectivity, quicker information sharing, and seamless coordination among all departments and staff members at AIIMS," Dr Rima Dada, Professor in-char

Companies play catch-up as cybersecurity attacks rise in digital India

A breach at Suzuki Motorcycle India forced the company to halt production in May, and India's largest drugmaker said in March a ransomware attack will have an impact on revenue

Meta introduces new parental controls: Everything you need to know

Meta's Family Centre offers parents more control and transparency as well as resources regarding digital well-being for their teenagers who are on Facebook Messenger and Instagram

Kaspersky has big plans for India, will be investing in people & tech: MD

Over the next 10 years, India will be going through a rapid digital transformation, said Adrian Hia, managing director for Kaspersky in Asia-Pacific

CERT-In issues guidelines to plug security gaps at govt organisations

All government employees, including temporary, contractual, and outsourced professionals, are required to strictly adhere to the guidelines

Scamming the scammers: AI chatbots can help fight against phone scams

Macquarie University cyber security experts have created a multilingual chatbot designed to keep scammers on long fake calls

Whizhack Technologies shares insights on Cyber Security Measures for Healthcare Sector.

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Google backs creation of cybersecurity clinics with $20 mn donation: Pichai

Free medical clinics and legal aid clinics, where college students and their instructors help their communities while also learning more about their professions, are now commonplace. Google hopes to add cybersecurity clinics to that list. Google CEO Sundar Pichai pledged USD 20 million in donations on Thursday to support and expand the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics to introduce thousands of students to potential careers in cybersecurity, while also helping defend small government offices, rural hospitals and nonprofits from hacking. Pichai said the new initiative addresses both the rising number of cyberattacks up 38 per cent globally in 2022 and the lack of candidates trained to stop them. Just as technology can create new threats, it can also help us fight them, Pichai said, announcing the commitment at Google's Washington offices. Security was critical to the work I did early in my Google career, including when we built our Chrome browser. Today, it's core to everything w

India suffering high cybersecurity skill gap, 40k open positions: Report

Despite having the world's second-largest active internet user base, country represents just 6% of global cybersecurity jobs; demand-supply gap at 30% as of this May